DOI issue:
No. 62 (April, 1902)
DOI article:Fisher, Alexander: The art of true enamelling upon metals, [2]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22773#0129
The Art of True Enamelling
the knight-errant’
(See article on Gilbert Bayes)
and parts not covered with enamel receive a
auu parts not uuvcicu wuu cuamti a.
deposit of gold. The gold may be afterwards
lightened or burnished. It is often the unhappy
exPerience of all enamellers who have entrusted
their work to gilders to receive it back from them
e'ther wholly or partially
destroyed. The principal
causes—apart from those
due to carelessness—are
Several. One is that,
ln the case of mercury-
gilding, the heat used to
draw off the mercury has
been too suddenly ap
gilding. An excellent
description of the gild-
ing processes may be
found in Spon’s Encyclo-
paedia.
The design for champ-
leve enamelling should be
done in a simple manner,
and with as few lines as
possible consistent with the
technical necessity of hold-
ing the enamel, and the
lines should be of such a
thickness as to be readily
seen. It is noticeable
that colours of medium
strength give greater
breadth than those which
are much lighter or darker
than the metal, and
that a certain degree
of hardness is overcome
by graduating the colour
spaces, and also by engraving a pattern on the
metal surfaces left bare of enamel. It is by such
means that a certain hardness and tightness,
observed in almost all modern objects of this kind,
is avoided in the beautiful old work.
BY GILBERT BAYES
Plied ;
the
clea
or it may be that
acid employed in
nsing the metal has
°een allowed to undercut
enamel, so that any
Very slight friction would
Peel the enamel off at
parts thus undercut.
the
same cause in the
Process of electro-gilding
'vould allow the gold to
deposited underneath
enamel, thereby lift-
^ng off the enamel
'n flakes. Therefore, it
w°uld be wise for an
euarneller to do his own
“ PEGASUS’
(See article on Gilbert Bayes)
BY GILBERT BAYES
IO9
the knight-errant’
(See article on Gilbert Bayes)
and parts not covered with enamel receive a
auu parts not uuvcicu wuu cuamti a.
deposit of gold. The gold may be afterwards
lightened or burnished. It is often the unhappy
exPerience of all enamellers who have entrusted
their work to gilders to receive it back from them
e'ther wholly or partially
destroyed. The principal
causes—apart from those
due to carelessness—are
Several. One is that,
ln the case of mercury-
gilding, the heat used to
draw off the mercury has
been too suddenly ap
gilding. An excellent
description of the gild-
ing processes may be
found in Spon’s Encyclo-
paedia.
The design for champ-
leve enamelling should be
done in a simple manner,
and with as few lines as
possible consistent with the
technical necessity of hold-
ing the enamel, and the
lines should be of such a
thickness as to be readily
seen. It is noticeable
that colours of medium
strength give greater
breadth than those which
are much lighter or darker
than the metal, and
that a certain degree
of hardness is overcome
by graduating the colour
spaces, and also by engraving a pattern on the
metal surfaces left bare of enamel. It is by such
means that a certain hardness and tightness,
observed in almost all modern objects of this kind,
is avoided in the beautiful old work.
BY GILBERT BAYES
Plied ;
the
clea
or it may be that
acid employed in
nsing the metal has
°een allowed to undercut
enamel, so that any
Very slight friction would
Peel the enamel off at
parts thus undercut.
the
same cause in the
Process of electro-gilding
'vould allow the gold to
deposited underneath
enamel, thereby lift-
^ng off the enamel
'n flakes. Therefore, it
w°uld be wise for an
euarneller to do his own
“ PEGASUS’
(See article on Gilbert Bayes)
BY GILBERT BAYES
IO9